Morning Minutes: Nov. 3

Sunday

Nov 3, 2013 at 6:05 AM

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.

Word of the Day
aureole AWR-ee-ohl (noun) radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage; any encircling ring of light or color; halo; in astronomy, corona; in geology, a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion. — www.dictionary.com

Website of the Day
Timeanddate.com
www.timeanddate.com
In honor of Daylight Saving Time, which ends today, check out a world clock, weather, calculators, countdowns and more at Timeanddate.com.

Number to Know
1895: Benjamin Franklin first suggested Daylight Saving Time in 1784, but modern DST was not proposed until 1895 when an entomologist from New Zealand, George Vernon Hudson, presented a proposal for a two-hour daylight saving shift to the Wellington Philosophical Society.

This Day in History
Nov. 3, 1913: The United States introduces an income tax.

Today’s Featured Birthday
Model Kendall Jenner (18)

Daily Quote
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” — Walter Winchell